Improvement in jecoes



stent*A @Mina Lewis B1LLINe s,'oFeALLIPoLs, oHIo.

- Letters Patent No. 97,863, dentedJ December 14, 1869.l

` *doof- IMPRO'V'EMENT IN HOES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whomtt may concern: Y

Beit known that I, Lnws BILL1Nd"s,of Gallipolis,

\ in the county of Gallia, and in the Stateof Ohio, have,

of referenc-e marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing l a hoe for weediug,eultvating, and other like agricultural operations, so that the blade shall have four j cutting-edges, and yet be strong and rrn by means of 'the staple or bifurcated handle to which it is secured, as will morefnlly hereinafter appear.

Topenable others skilled in the artto make and ,use my invention, I will proceed to vdescribe its con- -struction and operation.

` Figure I, in the drawings, is a perspective View of myhoe, and l Figure 2 is an end view of the same, in which the preferred form of my hoe is shown, and ends of the bifurcated handle made into rivet-heads, by means of which the hoe is firmly attached to the handle.

The blade Aof my hoe is made of sheet-steel or iro and in the form shown in g. 2, and slightly bent, as shown in g. 1, at its centre, and the 'ends of the bifurcated handle B pass through the blade of the hoe, and are formed into rivet-heads in the usual Way.

These iends b are placed so that one of them is on the right and the other on the left oi'- the bend at the centre'of the blade, and serve to maintain the hoe in the bent shape.

In using my hoe,`if one edge of the hoe becomes dull, another side may be brought immediately into use, without the necessity of leaving the work to have the hoe sharpened; o1', in weeding among young plants; the sides l, 2, and 3 maybe too wide to use with ease and safety, so that it would be found desirable to use side or edge 4.

The advantages peculiar to my hoe consist in having four cutting-edges, of three difereut widths, on the blade, and its strength and stiffness secured by the bend of the blade, which bend of the blade is maiuf. tained by the manner 'of connecting the hoe and handle together. if

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire tol secure by Letters Patent, isi,

The' hoe-blade A, constructed as herein described, in combinationA with the bifurcated handle b l), and operating as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above-described certain new and useful universal hoe,.I have hereunto signed my name, this 7th day of June, 1869.

L. BILLINGS. AWitnesses:

WM. NASH, W. W. MILLS. 

